Alternatives to Karakeep

Save bookmarks, notes and documents in a self-hosted library. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.

Replacements

Listings that take over the same core job as Karakeep.

  • Omnivore

    An open-source, self-hosted read-it-later app for saving, highlighting and annotating articles, newsletters and PDFs.

    FreeOpen sourceWebSelf-hostedBrowser extension

    Omnivore is a self-hosted read-it-later app for articles, newsletters and PDFs with highlighting and browser extensions, now maintained by the community after its hosted service closed.

  • nb

    A command-line and local web tool for plain text notes, bookmarks and a Git-backed knowledge base.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinuxCommand line

    nb keeps bookmarks, archives and notes as plain text with Git-backed sync from the command line and a local web interface, rather than a self-hosted web library.

Also worth comparing

These listings name Karakeep as their own alternative, so the relationship runs both ways.

  • Blinko

    An open-source, self-hosted note tool with AI features, built for private quick notes.

    FreeOpen sourceWebSelf-hosted

    Karakeep is an AGPL-3.0 self-hosted library for bookmarks, notes and documents with search and optional AI organisation, oriented more toward saving links.

  • Obsidian Web Clipper

    Official browser extension that saves web pages and highlights to an Obsidian vault as files.

    FreeProprietaryiOSBrowser extension

    Karakeep is a free, open-source self-hosted library for bookmarks, notes and documents with search and optional AI organization, rather than Markdown files in a vault.

Similar software

Related functionality, not a direct replacement.